The Contribution of Marital Happiness to Global Happiness

Glenn, Norval D.; Weaver, Charles N.

doi:10.2307/351426

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“…A "bottom-up" causal direction from marriage satisfaction to general well-being is confirmed (e.g. Saris, 2001b;Lance et al, 1995), and positive spillovers on other life-dimensions, as work and communication with friends, are also likely to exist (Glenn and Weaver, 1981). Living in partnership usually means, among others, obtaining the higher standards of living due to economy of scale, constant emotional support from the proper partner, and a sense of security.…”

Section: Familymentioning

confidence: 92%

Surveying transitional experience and subjective well-being: Income, work, family

Selezneva

2011

Economic Systems

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Section: Familymentioning

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Surveying transitional experience and subjective well-being: Income, work, family

Selezneva

2011

Economic Systems

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“…Indeed, several writers have suggested that satisfaction with marriage and family life is the strongest correlate of happiness (Headey, Veenhoven, & Wearing, 1991;Myers, 1992Myers, , 2000. For example, data from six U.S. national surveys indicate that marital happiness is more strongly related to global, personal happiness than any other kind of domain satisfaction (Glenn & Weaver, 1981). Individual happiness is even associated with high marital satisfaction in one's spouse (Ruvolo, 1998).…”

Section: Marriage and Romancementioning

confidence: 99%

The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success?

Lyubomirsky¹,

King²,

Diener³

2005

Psychological Bulletin

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Numerous studies show that happy individuals are successful across multiple life domains, including marriage, friendship, income, work performance, and health. The authors suggest a conceptual model to account for these findings, arguing that the happiness-success link exists not only because success makes people happy, but also because positive affect engenders success. Three classes of evidence-crosssectional, longitudinal, and experimental-are documented to test their model. Relevant studies are described and their effect sizes combined meta-analytically. The results reveal that happiness is associated with and precedes numerous successful outcomes, as well as behaviors paralleling success. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that positive affect-the hallmark of well-being-may be the cause of many of the desirable characteristics, resources, and successes correlated with happiness. Limitations, empirical issues, and important future research questions are discussed.

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“…When individuals rank life domains such as income, family, marriage, leisure, housing, job, friendship and health, the category "job" often comes towards the top of this ranking. An early contribution is Glenn and Weaver (1981), and a recent careful econometric analysis is found in Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Van -1 - Praag (2004). In addition, individuals spend a great deal of time at work: arguably almost more than they spend on "doing" any other particular thing (apart from perhaps watching television: see Benesch et al, 2006).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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14 Work, Jobs, and Well-Being Across the Millennium

Clark¹

2010

International Differences in Well-Being

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Work, Jobs and Well-Being across the MillenniumAndrew E. Clark . Last, the rate of self-employment has been falling gently in ISSP data; even so three to four times as many people say they would prefer to be self-employed than are actually self-employed. As the self-employed are more satisfied than are employees, one consistent interpretation of the above is that the barriers to self-employment have grown in recent years. D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SJEL Classification: J21, J28, J3, J6, J81, L26

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The Contribution of Marital Happiness to Global Happiness

Cited by 197 publications

References 6 publications

Surveying transitional experience and subjective well-being: Income, work, family

Surveying transitional experience and subjective well-being: Income, work, family

The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success?

14 Work, Jobs, and Well-Being Across the Millennium

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